Author Archive: Sarah Hoyt

LOOK, MY HAIR HAS BEEN WHITE SINCE I WAS 28.  I WILL NOT GO TO A SALON AND WEAR A MASK. SO I DECIDED I’D JUST GO WHITE AND LET IT GROW OUT TILL THE INSANITY PASSED. BUT I GOT THE WRONG KIND OF COLOR REMOVER, SO I HAVE WHAT SON NICKNAMED “A GOLDEN SCALP WEASEL.” BUT QUEEN NANCY GETS TO GO TO THE SALON WITHOUT A MASK? IT’S NOT JUST ME. THOUSANDS OF WOMEN JUST SCREAMED OUT IN OUTRAGE:  Pelosi Gets A Wash, Peasants Get The Spin.

And for the record, I don’t think there’s ANY need for any of us to wear a mask, particularly not ineffective, bacteria-culturing bits of cloth. This has passed the point of ridiculous.

SUDDENLY I UNDERSTAND HOW ENTIRE NATIONS CAN GO INSANE:  Smelling the Smoke.

MY KIDS MAKE FUN OF MY ACCENT ALL THE TIME. THIS GETS THEM TOLD THEY’RE ALLOWED TO MAKE FUN OF MY ACCENT IN ENGLISH WHEN THEY MUSTER A FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO MORE THAN A PITIFUL “WHERE IS THE BATHROOM” LEVEL.  I’LL BE NICE AND NOT DEMAND THEY BE ABLE TO WRITE NOVELS IN IT, AS WELL: Not Racism.

(And Kim is right. If I’d stayed here after my exchange student year, I’d probably have lost my accent. Going back for those four years was the fatal misstep.)